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R. THEILER.

CORSET STAY.

No. 397,401. Patented Feb. 5, 1889..

'UNITED STATES PATENT lllllCB REllNHil) TI'IEILER, OF L'ITERNE, SlVlTZERLi/XND.

SPECL'FCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,401, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed August 18, 1.888. Serial No. 283,093. (No model.) Patented in France April 13, 1338, No. 188,520.

To all whom, z'zf may concern/.-

Be it known that l, Remi-ione THETLER, a citizen of the Republic of Swltzerlaiul, residing at Lucerne, in the Republic of Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Stays for Corsets and Similar Purposes, (for which I have obtained a patent in France, No. 188,520, deposed February 3, 1888, and bearing date April l f5, 18%,) of which the following is a specitication.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, and also a longitlulinal sectional view, of a corset?- stay ot' that particular class to which .nl v i1nprovement relates, as these have heretoli'ore been maiulfactured, showing the ends of the pouch open, before doubling the ends upon the inside steel or sti tiener. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation, and also a longitudinal sectional view, of the complete stayv as heretofore manufactured, showing the ends of the pouch doubled over the in n er steel or st ittener. Fig. 2l ls a side elevation, and also an edge view, of a corset steel or sti ftcner adapted for use in conniaztion with my improvement. Fig. t is a side elevatlml, and also a longitlnlilml sectional view, ot' my improved poucll,into which the steel or stiltemjr is inserted, Fig. is a side elevation, and also a lrmgitildinal set-,tional view, showing my improved pouch after the steel or stilleuer has been inserted into the same, but before doubling the ends ot' the pouch over the ends of the steel. Fig. f5 is a side elevation, and also a longitiulinal sectional view, of a complete stay constructed according to my improvement; and, finally, Fig. 7 is a side elevatiomand also a longitudinal sectional view, of my imln'oved corsetstay, illust-ratingl a sl ightlyanod i lied eonstruction of the same.

Like letn'sof reference denote eorrespomling parts in all the figures.

My invention has Arelation to that particular kind of corset stays orstitleners for ladies weari11g-apparel. which consists of a stay or stltft-mer of suitable material-such as steel or other metal, wood, whalehone, or other suitable material-which is conlined within a pouch made of any suitable textile fabric, and of such dimensions that it will t snugly around the stay or stitfener inserted into it. This pouch preferably made by cuttin seetions of suitable length from a continuons piece or band of tubular textile fabric, which may be made elastic or non-elastic, as desired, the pouch bein somewhat longer than the steel or sti ["fener which is to be inserted into it', so as to overlap both ends of the same, as illustrated ln the two views under Fig. 1 of the drawings, on which the letter A designates the steel or stiffener, while the letter B designates the pouch or envelope for the same, the ends of which are extended bevond the steel, as shown at B 'l'. 'lhe steel or stayv propel', A, provided with the usual apertures, c, at opposite ends, by means of which the complete stay may be stitched to the corset or part of the dress-such as a ladys bod ice or waist-of which it is to :torni a part.

As heretofore nlanufaetured, it has been customaiwv to double the ends l of the pouch or envelope over the ends of the inner steel or stillener, as clearly illustrated in the two views under Fig. 2 of the drawings, therebyY l'orming a singlethicluless olf textile fabric across the ends of the steel A, as indicated at e lullig. 2. Thismnstruction is,]n'nvever, obj ection able for two several reasons-wiz., l n the [i rst place, by havingl onlyv a singl e thickness of textile fabric across the ends of the stoel, these soon cut through or work through the fabric, cutting into the corset, or through the article to which the stay is attached, and, again, by doubling the overlapping part of the pouch on one side of the stay only, the opposite ends of the complete article will be of uneven thickness, therebyT making it difficultto lit the same smoothly and snugly into its appropriate place.

Now the object of my improvement is to overcome these two several drawbacks, and this l accomplish in the manner clearly illustrated on Figs. t, 5, d, and 7 of the drawings. lfrom these lign res it will be seen that I use a pouch or envelope, B, of the ordinaryv character, the ends l of which extend beyond the -ends of the steel. At opposite ends ot.l this pouch l make one or more transverse slits, as shown at o b', and in placing the steel or stiffener A into the pouch its ends are projected through the slits D', as clearly shown in Fig. 5, thereby exposing the apertured ends of the steel or stiffener to view. The next ICO steel, as shown in Fig. (i, and fastening' the f 'the twofold advantage ol", rst, providingI a step in my improvement is to double the ends B across the exposed projecting' ends of the same either by stitches through the fabric and through the apertures t in thesteel, or by cementingl the overlappiner ends down into their proper. position.

lt will be seen that this emistruetion has double thickness oi the fabric ot which the pouch is composed at the ends ot' t-he steel, as shown at (Z in Fig. (i, and, secondly, there being two thicknesses ot' fabric on opposite sides of the ends ot' the steehboth ends of this will be 4o'l even. thickness on opposite sides, and not thicker ou one side than on the other.

lt' desired, this construction maybe further modified by slipping' the extreme ends oi' the pouch on one side under the projectingI ends ot' thesteel, vwhich is done bj insert-ine the projecting' ends ot' the latter throughthe slits l) ou one side, aller the ends of the sie xl have been tirst inserted through the slits b. This modified construction is illustratwl i in Fig. '7, and has the advantage oliA making' l an additional meansoli' tastening'the orerlappingends ot' the -poueh oren velope to thesieel. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the nited Statesl.. The herein-described stay for. corsets, consisting of a stiitener of suitable material having a covering of textile Yfabric upon both faces, the ends ot' which covering extend beyond and fold over the ends of the stii'leuer in two thicknesses, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. ln a corset-stay, the combination, with the stiii'ener having,` apertures at each end, oi' a covering ol' textile lfabric provided at its ends with transverse slits, through which the apertured ends of the stitfener extend, the

, ends oi which covering' extend beyond and i'old over the ends ot' the stiiit'ener in two thicknesses, substantially as and t` or the purpose speci tied.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence oi two subscribingl witnesses.

llillN HOLD '1`l I ETLER.

ll'itnesses:

lf. \\'1'LLT.\M HENRY Donn, Enit BLUM. 

